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Pope Francis meets with the relatives of people held hostage by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners. Israel and Hamas have announced a deal on allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war. IMAGES
On the second day of his visit to Marseille, Pope Francis met privately with people in precarious situations at the Archdiocese of Marseille in the heart of the port city. IMAGES
Accompanied by Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and Iain Greenshields of the Church of Scotland, Pope Francis meets with the authorities and diplomatic corps of South Sudan at the Presidential Palace in Juba. IMAGES
On the third day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis visits the Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa to meet with priests and members of the church. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrives and meets members of the Muslim Council of Elders, accompanied by sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque, during his first ever visit to Bahrain. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets people in the primary school of Iqaluit, in the Canadian Arctic, in the final stop of a landmark tour apologizing for the Church's role in Catholic-run school where Indigenous children were abused. IMAGES